5 vehicles crash on southbound 57

After a five-vehicle collision on the southbound 57 freeway, past Lincoln Avenue in Anaheim, California Highway Patrol J.K. Jones checks on the welfare of a female driver in a Lexus ES 300. The Lexus was at the back of a long chain-reaction collision with heavy front end damage. The driver was uninjured although her airbag had deployed. Jones later pushed her car out of lanes with his patrol car. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A Honda Civic, a Toyota Tacoma, a Mazda 3, a Mitsubishi Outlander and a Lexus ES300 crashed, officials said. The cause of the accident is under investigation, California Highway Patrol Officer J.K. Jones said.

Officials said the drivers of the Honda, Toyota and Mazda were able to drive away from the accident, but the Lexus and Mitsubishi were towed. The driver of the Mitsubishi was hospitalized.

All lanes on the southbound freeway were closed while the vehicles were moved to the right shoulder, Jones said.

After a five-vehicle collision on the southbound 57 freeway, past Lincoln Avenue in Anaheim, California Highway Patrol J.K. Jones checks on the welfare of a female driver in a Lexus ES 300. The Lexus was at the back of a long chain-reaction collision with heavy front end damage. The driver was uninjured although her airbag had deployed. Jones later pushed her car out of lanes with his patrol car. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Anaheim firefighter-paramedics load the male driver of a Mitsubishi Outlander onto an ambulance gurney after a five-vehicle chain reaction collision on the southbound 57 freeway in Anaheim. The driver was taken to a hospital by ambulance. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
At 8:33 a.m. the California Highway Patrol and Anaheim Fire Department were dispatched to a five-vehicle collision on the southbound 57 freeway south of Lincoln Avenue. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
California Highway Patrol officer J. K. Jones stops all traffic on the southbound 57 freeway near Lincoln Avenue in order to move five damaged vehicles to the right shoulder. Four of the vehicles were drivable but a Lexus ES 300, foreground, had to be pushed out of lanes by Jones' patrol car. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
All traffic is stopped on the southbound 57 freeway as damaged vehicles are moved to the right shoulder after a five vehicle collision at 8:33 a.m. Wednesday. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
After stopping traffic on the southbound 57 freeway near Lincoln Avenue, California Highway Patrol Officer J. K. Jones directs the drivers of damaged cars to move to the right shoulder. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Four of the five vehicles were drivable but a Lexus ES 300 had to be pushed out of lanes by California Highway Patrol Officer J.K. Jones' patrol car. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Wednesday morning, after quickly getting one driver off to the hospital and clearing the southbound lanes of the 57 freeway, California Highway Patrol officer J.K. Jones begins his paperwork and investigation of a five-vehicle collision. BRUCE CHAMBERS, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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